The Holt School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Wokingham · RG41 1EE · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- Att864.6
- P81.0
- EM5+76%
- Absence6.1%
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 148453
The Emmbrook School
Academy converter · Wokingham · RG41 1JP
Ages 11–18 · 1,354 pupils · Wokingham
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
48.3
Overall absence
8.6%
Admissions demand
0.81 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-10-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.01
−20+2
Attainment 848.3
English & maths grade 5+51%
English & maths grade 4+70%
EBacc entry26%
EBacc APS: 4.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.7%
Unauthorised2.4%
- Authorised absence
- 6.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,204
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.81 · Often has places
1st preferences
177
Places offered
235
1st-preference offers
177
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 825
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 225
- Applications from outside LA
- 26
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill111%
1,354 pupils · 1,219 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,354
- Boys / girls
- 752 / 602
- School capacity
- 1,219
- Capacity fill
- 1,354 / 1,219 (111%)
- Free school meals
- 12.1%
- FSM pupils
- 141
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE CIRCLE TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE CIRCLE TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas McSweeney
Location
- Address
- Emmbrook Road
- Postcode
- RG41 1JP
- Town
- Wokingham
- County
- Berkshire
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- District
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Wokingham, Wokingham, 1,354 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 12.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Forest School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Wokingham · RG41 5NE · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- Att849.1
- P8-0.1
- EM5+50%
- Absence6.2%
1.3 miles away
St Crispin's School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Wokingham · RG40 1SS · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- Att854.5
- P80.5
- EM5+63%
- Absence6.3%
1.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas McSweeney
- Telephone
- 01189784406